Cricket 2000
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| Developer(s) | Krisalis Software |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
| Series | Cricket |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Cricket 2000 is a Sports video game developed by Krisalis Software and published by EA Sports for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation. It is based on the 1999 Cricket World Cup and was officially licensed by the International Cricket Council.
Cricket 2000 allows the player to select four distinctive modes: quick game, friendly, world cup tournament and super 6 tournament. Quick game randomises the two teams and the ground where a match is held, friendly match allows the player to freely choose any of the 12 nations represented in the game, and the world cup and super 6 tournaments have up to 12 human players controlling each country within two groups of six. The AI computer controls the players in the field but the player can dictate where the ball is thrown.[3] Commentary is provided by former players Richie Benaud and David Gower.[4]
Development
Based on the 1999 Cricket World Cup,[5] and officially licensed by the world governing body of cricket, the International Cricket Council,[4] development of Cricket 2000 began in November 1998 by Krisalis Software in the South Yorkshire town of Rotherham who assembled a team of 12 people to work on it.[6] Krisalis developed motion capture footage by analysing more than 500 individual movements of the English cricket players and brothers Adam Hollioake and Ben Hollioake.[7] Benaud was selected as the lead commentator because the developers felt he was the ideal choice for the job and Benaud suggested to them that Gower be approached for his experience and reputation in the cricket world.[6] Cricket 2000 was released by EA Sports for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation in 2000.[4]
